13 & 14 December 2023, KBC Brussels
KBC organizes for the second time an exclusive 2-day Winter School for a selected group of PhD candidates and postdocs of the 5 Flemish universities.
Focus of this year’s edition: an interdisciplinary case competition to solve real-world Environmental, Social and Governance problems defined by four different companies.
Why participate?
Who should participate?
Doctoral candidates (≥ 3rd year of their PhD trajectory) and postdoctoral researchers from all domains.
KBC puts great emphasis on diversity, on diverse teams and diverse expertise to solve problems in a sustainable way, and therefore welcomes early-stage researchers from all research backgrounds.
What to expect?
Last year’s participants formed a Linkedin group that might be interesting for your reference.
How to register?
Please note that you will need to sign up to work on a case in a team, hand in the presentation and to be present on 13 and 14 December 2023 at KBC in Brussels.
Step one
Registration form: click here
Deadline for registration is 15 October 2023.
There is limited seating per university. Participants will be selected on the basis of their motivation statement.
Step two
The four cases by the four companies will be shared with the 100 selected participants. Based on your preference for a case, the coordinators will form interdisciplinary and interuniversity teams of 5 PhDs / postdocs. The teams then start working together and prepare a (poster) presentation for 13 December.
In case of questions, do not hesitate to reach out to the organizing team: phdtalent@vlir.be
Good luck!
Cancellations: Participation in the KBC Winter school is free of charge. However, if you cancel your registration after 4 December, we’ll charge a no-show fee of 150 euros. Only in case of illness, corroborated with a doctor’s note, you will not be charged the no-show fee.